Sash-fastener



(N0 MOdeL SASH FA$TENERI No. 387,809 Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

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JOHN F. POOL, OF MOUNT CARMEL, ILLINOIS.

SASH FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,809, dated August 1%, 1888.

Application filed May 18, 1888.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. POOL, of Mount Carmel, in the county of 'Wabash and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful In1 provemeut in Window-Fasteuings, of which the iollowing is a full, clear, and exact dcscriptiou.

The fastening which is the subject of this invention, while applicable to windows fitted with sliding sashes and having any number of lights-as, for instance, two, four, eight, or twelve-and to upper or lower sashes, will here be described as applied to the lower sash of a window having but two sashesthat is, an upper sash and a lower one.

The invention consists in a windowfastening of novel construction, which is automatic in its action and dispenses with the necessity of sash weights and cords, thereby lessening the cost of hanging the sash, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an inside face view of a window-frame fitted with upper and iowersliding sashes and having my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same upon the irregular line :v a; in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section upon the line y 2 in Fig. 1; and Fig. i is a horizontal section,upon a larger,

in Fig. 1 through one of the fastenings, with a locking-pin applied.

A indicates the window-frame; B, the lower sash, and O the upper one.

The fastening,which is shown applied to the lower sash, may only be used on one side of the frame and sash; or, as shown in the drawings, it may be applied to both sides. Thus, I) D are a pair of what I terin catch-locksthat is, one on each side of the lower sash, B, upon or in proximity to each side rail of the sash, to which they are secured by screws b I). These catclrloclrs D D are constructed on their side portions next to the side sills of the window-frame A with a face-piece, c, which stands out from the face of the sash, leaving a passage-way, d, between it and the sash, and this face-piece c of each catch-lock is notched on its outer surface or constructed at its one or upper end with a tooth-like catch, (2, and its opposite or lower end preferably turned up or outward, as atf. Arranged for operation in connection with these catch-locks are a series of hook-catches, E, in any number of pairs, one above the other. These hoolr catches are pivoted or otherwise loosely and equivalently secured to the sides of the window-frames, as at g, in line with the catch-locks D, and are formed at their lower or free ends with a lip, 71, which by the proper suspension of each hook-catch swings or lies a little forward of the perpendicular line of the point of the hook-catch D, with which it is designed to engage, to provide for the catch-locks when raising the sash B to passon the back or inside of the hook-catches E or their lips 71. and to raise or force out said ends of said catches, and cause them afterward to automatically swing inward or drop into the notched portions oi the catch-locks and lock with or under the tooth-like catches c of the catch-locks to support the sash in its raised position, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and secure it in proper rela tion with the upper sash.

The series of hook-catches E, it should be observed, are at suitable heights one above the other on each or either side of the windowframe, to provide for holding the lower sash at given and different heights, the catch-locks 1) being below the lowermost hook-catches E when said sash is closed.

To let down the lower sash, B, when suspended, as described, it is raised until the catchlocks D or lower ends, f, of their face pieces 0, which stand out from the sash, pass above the hooks or lips h of the catch-hooks E. This will allow the hook-catches or their lips h to drop behind the face-pieces c of the catch-locks and provide for the lower sash be ing brought down, the lips or hooks h of the catches E then passing down through the openings or passages (I back of the facepieces c of the catch-locks. Thus in raising the lower sash the stop-catches D pass back of the hookcatches E, and in lowering the sash passin front of said catches, and it requires no hand-inanipulation of the hook-catches to fasten or unfasten them, as the same are automatic by the simple manipulation of the sash.

There is a small hole, m, in each of the catch-locks and a registering-hole, n, in each of the hook-catches for asmall wire keyv 0r pin, 8, to be inserted to lock the sash B up or down, and when these locking-pins are not in use they can be kept in holes 0 close to the outer edges of the catch-locks. These keys or pins can also be used separately or together by inserting them in holes 22 in the upper sash above the lower sash, to raise the upper sash to its place when down.

The same arrangement of hook-catches and catch-locks can be applied to hold the upper sash as well at different heights when lowered or opened that is, when there are partingstrips between the sashes; or any other suitable stops may be used instead to catch or hold the upper sash in its opened position.

The catch G and its strike H form no part of the invention, and need not be described,

being merely shown to illustrate some means for locking the upper sash; otherwise a lock on the lower sash would be of no use as against entrance from the outside.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1's- In sash-fastenings for windows, the catchlock D, having a set-off or face-piece, 0, projecting outward from its base and provided with a tooth-like catch, 6, in combination with the suspension hook-catch E, having a lip, 71, for operation in connection with the catchlock, window-sash, and window-frame, substantially as specified.

JOHN F; POOL.

Witnesses:

E. B. GREEN, ROBERT BELL. 

